The Supreme Court has ruled that the 2nd amendment applies to individual citizens. But how does that affect you? How does it affect the lives of your and your children? Who is packing a pistol? Should you be carrying one too? What you should know before you step out your front door.

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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Gun Registration Already In Action!

National Guard ask police for names of gunowners and military vets

Two days ago, I received a very troubling phone call from a trusted
friend. The friend does not want his name and that of his state to be
made public. I will call my friend X and his state Y.

Here is what X told me:

Last Saturday, August 4, 2012, X got a phone call from a good friend, Z, who is a cop in a small town in Y.Z said that both he and a cop in another
neighboring town were paid a visit by two men, driving in separate
unmarked Humvees, who identified themselves as members of the National
Guard.The two National Guardsmen (NGs) said
they were “doing a survey” and asked the cops for those residents of
their respective towns who:

own lots of firearms;

are long-distance shooters;

are military veterans.

The cops told the NGs that, it being a
Saturday, they should come back on Monday when the police chiefs are at
the stations. But the NGs said they are asking precisely the
rank-and-file police officers; in other words, the NGs’ intent was to
bypass the brass, i.e., the chain of command.After the two NGs left, cop Z followed their vehicles and saw the NGs drive around town, making GPS readings.Cop Z told my friend X that:

The National Guard is working under the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS).

Obama and Eric Holder, known for their
antipathy toward the Second Amendment and private gun ownership, found a
legal loophole that allows the federal government to ask the questions
the two NGs had asked the cops. And so Obama issued a presidential
directive empowering such agencies as the FBI, U.S. Marshalls, BATF
(Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms), and the National Guard to
gather this information to compile a data base.

So I went looking on the web. This is what I found:

1. I found NOTHING about the National Guard going around asking cops
for information on owners of firearms and military vets, in Y or any
other state.

2. The U.S. National Guard is considered to be a reserve military force and, as such, is under the Dept. of Defense, not
Homeland Security. The agencies that are under DHS are Customs and
Border Protection, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Transportation Security
Administration (TSA), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S.
Coast Guard, U.S. Secret Service, and the Office of Inspector General.
(See DHS’s organizational chart).

3. I cannot find a presidential directive that specifically orders
federal agencies like the National Guard to conduct a firearms survey by
asking cops in towns across America. But that is not to say that such a
presidential directive doesn’t exist. Here’s why:

I discovered and opened a can of worms about which I’d never even
known until now. The “can of worms” is something called Presidential
Directives. This is what Wikipediasays:

Presidential Directives … are a form of an executive order issued by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the National Security Council. The directives articulate the executive’s national security policy and carry the “full force and effect of law”.

Since many of the Presidential Directives pertain to the national security of the United States, many were or are secret(“classified“).

True Hoplophobia, or the fear of guns, is a mental illness which, like other true phobias, incapacitates its victims with anxiety, shortness of breath, inability to think clearly and rationally. Obviously, we who are fearful of guns and their destructive power don't have true Hoplophobia. But we are still afraid. Why?

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PRO GUN QUOTES

Gun control:The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound. - L. Neil Smith

Gun control has not worked in D.C. The only people who have guns are criminals. We have the strictest gun laws in the nation and one of the highest murder rates. It's quicker to pull your Smith and Wesson than to dial 911 if you're being robbed. - Lieutenant Lowell Duckett, President Black Police Caucus, Special Assistant to Washington, D.C. Police Chief

They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here? - Paul Harvey, 1994

Suppose the Second amendment said A well-educated electorate being necessary for self-governance in a free state, the right of the people to keep and read books shall not be infringed. Is there anyone who would suggest that means only registered voters have a right to read? - Robert Levy, Georgetown University Professor

We should not blame a gun itself for any crime or any acts of violence, any more than we can blame a pen for misspelling a word. - Senator Bennett (R-UT), Congressional Record, 5/16/68

When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President of the United States

PRO GUN CONTROL QUOTES

For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments.- James Brady

The most effective means of fighting crime in the United States is to outlaw the possession of any type of firearm by the civilian populace.- Janet Reno

We need to stand firm on behalf of sensible gun control legislation. We have to enact laws that will keep guns out of the hand of children and criminals and mentally unbalanced persons.- Hillary Clinton

Without stronger, sensible gun laws, thousands upon thousands of people will continue to die and be injured needlessly each year.- Brady Campaign

We don't need any additional gun laws, we need to enforce the ones that we've got!- Anonymous

One third of all households with children younger than eighteen have a firearm-Brady Campaign

If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an out-right ban, picking up every one of them... 'Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in,' I would have done it. I could not do that. The votes weren't here.-Senator Dianne Feinstein

This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!- Adolph Hitler